
The Mayor of Yarmouth asks how the May elections can be run fairly if candidates can't canvass or even collect signatures to stand
Tuesday, 2nd February, 2021 5:34pm
By Steve Cowley with 11 readers' comments
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The Mayor of Yarmouth asks how the May elections can be run fairly if candidates can't canvass or even collect signatures to stand
Tuesday, 2nd February, 2021 5:34pm
By Steve Cowley with 11 readers' comments
The Trade Bill will be voted on in Parliament very soon, and has been amended to give Parliament a say on trade deals. This reader is hoping our MP will vote for the amendment and urges others to write to him
Sunday, 17th January, 2021 5:23pm
By Christine Lightbody with 5 readers' comments
Peter Shreeve from the National Education Union says the news that 800 laptops have been given out and another 780 are due is not the whole story
Sunday, 17th January, 2021 11:39am
By Peter Shreeve with 4 readers' comments
This reader shares his and his wife's experience of receiving Covid vaccinations in Freshwater last weekend
Wednesday, 13th January, 2021 11:01am
By Don Adams with 2 readers' comments
This reader believes that much more can easily be done by the ferry companies to protect the Isle of Wight and its high percentage of older and vulnerable residents from Covid-19. He explains how here
Monday, 11th January, 2021 1:09pm
By Thomas Cowley with 9 readers' comments
Here’s Matt Smith’s letter to the MP where he lays out what he thinks could be the unintended consequence of recent law changes after Brexit that would impact people with disabilities travelling across the Solent
Friday, 8th January, 2021 3:54pm
By Matthew Smith with one comment
This letter writer believes that the ferry companies should have been asking the reason why passengers booked to travel with them, as well as what tier they were travelling from
Friday, 8th January, 2021 10:32am
By Anonymous with 6 readers' comments
This reader believes that there should be new criteria for MPs before they are selected. See if you agree with his list
Wednesday, 6th January, 2021 6:05pm
By Peter Geach with 35 readers' comments
This letter writer says of the Prime Minister, "Dithering is making the situation worse for schools, pupils, staff and the communities, in which they live"
Monday, 4th January, 2021 1:11pm
By Peter Shreeve with 10 readers' comments
Maggie Oldham - Isle of Wight NHS Trust CEO - is urging Islanders to do their bit to help stop the spread of Covid-19, without which will see our health and social care services put under unbearable pressure
Thursday, 31st December, 2020 5:17pm
By Maggie Oldham with 3 readers' comments
The CEO of Isle of Wight NHS Trust shares this open letter with Island residents about the Covid-19 fight we have ahead of us
Thursday, 24th December, 2020 9:13pm
By Maggie Oldham with 23 readers' comments
Angela Hewitt shares a letter she's sent to the Isle of Wight MP, arguing that the cost of online protection should be met by the companies that force us to pay online
Saturday, 19th December, 2020 11:09am
By Angela Hewitt with 6 readers' comments